Analysis of federal lobbying disclosures shows local governments working with firms also linked to fossil fuel giants

Under the banner of “Dig, Baby, Dig,” the Trump administration is supercharging an already powerful mining industry. What will happen to vulnerable plants and animals?

The Frontier and ProPublica revealed that state regulators had approved the well in Enid, Oklahoma, in violation of rules meant to protect municipal groundwater. Now the well is permanently shut down.

As one of the Supreme Court’s most stalwart conservative and prolific justices, Clarence Thomas’ views on the biggest cases of the day — from guns to race to religion — are rarely in doubt.

From vast grids to winding suburbs, Americans have spent two centuries remaking the landscape around property.

A federal judge on Friday halted contentious Trump administration border construction plans in Texas’s Big Bend region.  Judge Kathleen Cardone, an appointee of former President George W. Bush…

Major League Baseball has decided not to consider Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming for a game. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred sent a letter to local officials and community leaders, stating tha...

New fuel-economy standards, which President Trump said he finalized Saturday, would kill a federal effort to speed the transition to electric vehicles.

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

New Mexico gubernatorial candidate Deb Haaland (D) on Thursday backed a moratorium on the construction of data centers in her state, citing environmental and workforce-related concerns. In a policy…

Environmental and public health-focused organizations are suing the Trump administration over its move to wipe out most climate regulations on coal and gas power plants. The Natural Resources …

Generation of electricity is the second largest source of carbon dioxide and other planet-warming gases in the United States.

Twenty-five years after the Sept. 11 attacks, current and former Associated Press journalists who witnessed them recall the day.

The Environmental Protection Agency is finalizing a rule that’ll drastically weaken restrictions on “stripper wells,” which tend to be old, poorly maintained and prone to leaking methane, the highly p...

Earned media vs paid media: Aric Caplan on the referral fee he declined, and why paid exposure sold as coverage trades on credibility it did not earn.

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story  Trump considers narrowing water pollution protectionsThe Trump administration on Friday said it will conside…

The flash floods hit Bright Angel Canyon and the Phantom Ranch area on Saturday afternoon, the National Park Service said.

Tropical Storm Dolly has formed in the Atlantic Ocean far from land. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Thursday the storm could bring heavy rain to portions of the Caribbean in the coming days.

With Raw Farm, the largest raw-milk dairy in the country, Mark McAfee has capitalized on a once-fringe product that’s been thrust into the mainstream in recent years and backed by Health Secretary Rob...

Scientists have long warned that the world will experience more intense extreme weather events like heat waves, storms, floods and droughts as long as we continue to use gas, oil and coal at our current pace.

Gov. Mike Braun called on the local utility to “match the urgency” of Gary area residents who have had to endure an outage approaching its second week.

A legal loophole allows the government to sell mustangs on the cheap, stripping them of protections and clearing their path to destruction.

ALT: Mando: This Is The Way

As climate change makes cities around the world unlivable, one city is using art and new infrastructure to adapt.

Federal officials have announced sharp water cuts for the next two years for three Western states that rely on the imperiled Colorado River.

Understanding what happened in these forests 56 million years ago may help humanity recognize similar thresholds before we cross them again, the lead author of a new study writes.

Hotter summers are wreaking havoc across transportation infrastructure. One solution: Paint everything white.

The largest such expansion in U.S. history, it will allow access to 92 million acres across 32 states. But the final rule outlining how it will work is not yet public.

President Donald Trump’s botched repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have landed the National Park Service in a tight spot, forced to serve the public while managing his controversial dema...

President Donald Trump’s botched repairs at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool have landed the National Park Service in a tight spot, forced to serve the public while managing his controversial dema...

A $37 billion annual public subsidy should come with real accountability

Tropical Storm Cristobal, located well west of the Azores, is expected to dissipate soon. The National Hurricane Center says Cristobal formed Wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean and is forecast to dissipa...

July was the hottest month ever recorded in the United States, according to data released Monday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

The EPA hasn’t reevaluated its cleanup guidelines for homes in a residential Superfund site in Omaha, Nebraska, in 17 years, despite research showing that even small amounts of lead can cause IQ loss ...

Trusted messengers decide whether a campaign lands. Aric Caplan on choosing the voices audiences believe, from physicians to the people living the issue.

The Flatwater Free Press and ProPublica independently tested hundreds of homes in eastern Omaha, Nebraska, and found toxic levels of lead in soil throughout — including in yards that the EPA remediate...

The largest reservoir in the United States has tumbled to a record low level as drought, extreme heat, a dearth of snow and a heavy water demand imperil the Colorado River system.

A federal appeals court has ruled that the Trump administration improperly ended a multi-billion-dollar program for clean energy projects.

This culture is driving three main kinds of health risks

Nate Rouette and his brother Nelson went shark fishing on Cape Cod hoping for an exciting catch, but were shocked by what they reeled in.

Arizona, California and Nevada would take less water from the Colorado River under a federal proposal to stave off a crisis in the river. The U.S.